Chapter 178
"You said you were preaching? What kind of religion are you preaching?"
Tang Yu'an listened to Gan Lin's words and spoke with a puzzled look on his face. This already touched upon his blind spot in knowledge.
Even Zhou Qi had a confused expression on his face.
"Lao Mo calls himself the Mysterious Merchant...your apostle. He says you will spread your light across the earth, so that all the poor and weak can have access to water and food."
"He also said that I could communicate with you in dreams and was ready to nominate me as the Holy Son..."
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Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi both looked incredulous. What a magical development!
They never expected that Lao Mo, the new employee, would quietly accomplish such a big thing.
Worship the mysterious businessman as a god?
This is too crazy!
Gan Lin continued to recount Lao Mo's plan, "We've dug another deep well. Lao Mo said that next time we trade water, we can let more people witness your miracle!"
"We have gathered a group of believers now, although not many, only a dozen or so, but Lao Mo said...
As long as you can continue to provide us with food and water, and occasionally perform miracles, you will definitely attract more believers!"
"The more believers we have, the safer we will be. We can even recruit members from the gang..."
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi were stunned after listening to his story.
Although they are smart and good at using rules, they have never thought about religious deification due to the influence of education and modern society.
Even this thought had never occurred to them.
Tang Yu'an was a little at a loss, while Zhou Qi frowned and thought for a while, and felt that this idea had great potential.
The more famous the mysterious businessman becomes, the safer their status as an "employee" becomes.
In this apocalyptic world with superpowers and mysterious powers, it is no longer possible to completely copy the rules of their original world.
Preaching may be a good way.
They can shape the mysterious businessman into a positive god, guide believers to correct the bad habits they have developed in the last days, and correct their distorted ideas.
This is much more efficient than taking them to the movies.
Moreover, developing believers into customers and doing business will become a very convenient thing.
However, this would probably bring great danger to those who preach openly...
"You must be careful." Tang Yu'an said under Zhou Qi's instructions.
Upon hearing this, Gan Lin couldn't help but show joy.
Judging from the mysterious businessman's tone, not only did he not blame them, but he was also worried about their safety!
"Don't worry, Lao Mo said that the more believers we have, the safer we will be. They can benefit from us and they definitely don't want to see us die."
Tang Yu'an nodded. He also saw Zhou Qi's thoughts on the message board.
Do you want to let Lao Mo and the others continue to develop?
He thought for a moment and asked curiously, "You haven't told me yet, what religion did you create?"
"The Merchant Cult," Gan Lin said honestly, "We believe in the God of Commerce. He is a newborn deity who walks the mortal world under the alias of the Mysterious Merchant."
"Business is our belief, prosperity and development are our purpose, ensuring that every poor and vulnerable person has access to water and food is our pursuit, and trade is our means!"
Obviously, Gan Lin has been saying this a lot recently, otherwise he wouldn't be able to say it so fluently, almost without thinking.
Tang Yu'an: "..."
This sounds so true!
Prosperity and development... Let every poor and weak person have access to food and water... This was exactly what he wanted. Tang Yu'an was so attracted by Gan Lin's words that he began to yearn for this business education.
Zhou Qi was calmer.
Indeed, this business education sounds really good and is very consistent with their values.
However, Grandpa Li's words and deeds have made Zhou Qi think more deeply about human nature and become more vigilant.
This does sound high-sounding, but who can tell whether it is really implemented in this way or whether it is just a pretext for raising high standards?
Therefore, Zhou Qi sent a few reminders to Tang Yu'an on the message board.
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but become serious. He organized his words and then said, "You have done a great job. Your purpose and pursuit are very consistent with my philosophy."
Just as Gan Lin was showing his delight, he heard the mysterious businessman speak again. He said, "Since that's the case, I will also set a few rules."
Gan Lin became serious and said quickly, "Go ahead!"
"The rules of the Shang religion prohibit adultery with women, abandoning children, looting and stealing, cannibalism, and the trafficking of human beings."
Tang Yu'an finished reading carefully and whispered, "The above rules, whether it's an apostle or a saint, as long as you are a member of the Shang Sect, as long as you accept my food and water, you must abide by them!"
Gan Lin quickly responded: "Okay, I understand!"
Then he repeated the religious rules that Tang Yu'an had just mentioned.
He recited it haltingly and didn't know if he would be able to remember it after waking up from the dream, but Tang Yu'an didn't care much.
Because he plans to add these rules to the employee code of conduct.
In the past, they had thought too little. Since they were his employees, they had to abide by his rules and follow his ideas.
Even if this old Mo has any bad intentions, as long as he is not fired, he must faithfully follow these rules.
After Gan Lin finished retelling, Tang Yu'an said, "Have you dug your new well? Do you want to trade now?"
"No, no..." Gan Lin said quickly, "The Fire Stone hasn't been put into the well yet, and Lao Mo may need to work on it..."
In fact, because the mysterious businessman had not responded to his call and appeared in his dream for seven or eight days in a row, both he and Lao Mo were very nervous.
Lao Mo was not sure whether his actions had angered the mysterious businessman, so he acted more restrainedly.
The dozen or so new recruits were basically people he knew before and knew them well. He is now still considering whether to continue expanding.
Indeed, their safety can be guaranteed only with more believers, but what is crucial to them is the attitude of the mysterious businessman.
The power of the mysterious businessman is the foundation for their development of business education.
If they lost the support of the mysterious businessman, they would have no choice but to take the water and flee overnight and find a safe place to hide.
"Okay, I'll give you a few days to prepare." Tang Yu'an nodded, "So what do you want to trade today?"
"Are there any more potatoes like the ones we had before?" Gan Lin asked nervously.
Although they now have soybeans to eat that Lao Mo exchanged for points, he still misses the taste of baked potatoes.
"I can give you 10."
"Thank you, thank you!"
Tang Yu'an thought for a moment and asked, "How many Fire Stones have you collected?"
"There should be more than 300." Gan Lin replied.
With so many fire stones, the biscuit box that Tang Yu'an had given him could no longer hold them, so they were now piled up in a room.
This also caused the room to be extremely hot, and even people who had been exposed to the sun for a long time could not stand it, so everyone stayed away from that room.
Tang Yu'an nodded. More than 300 pills weigh about 300 kilograms and are worth 9,000 points.
So, he first spent 1,000 points to buy a pedal tricycle, and laid tin foil on the bed to make it easier for Gan Lin and his team to transport the Fire Stone.
The temperature of the fire stone is very high, and if they collect it with their bare hands, it is easy to cause burns.
In the apocalyptic wasteland with a lack of medical care and medicine, any injury could be fatal, and the tools used for collecting materials must also be well matched.
Fortunately, they discovered iron ore in the alien dimension, so they will be able to produce steel in large quantities in the future. The salt tickets they made can also replace the mutant metal with iron.
The mutant metal can be saved to be made into weapons and sold after meeting the needs of the homeland.
After laying out the tin foil, Tang Yu'an put in 50 kilograms of soybeans, 100 kilograms of wheat, 10 potatoes, 2 large sweet potatoes, and two 2.4x2 low-temperature cloths.
He didn't change too much. The temperature in Yanlong Castle was high, and the food spoiled quickly. The low-temperature cloth could not delay the spoilage for many days.
Then, he completed the transaction with Gan Lin.
You completed a profitable trade with a Dream Wisher, earning +6080 points, +6 experience points, and +1 dream fragment.
[You obtained 315 kilograms of Fire Stone]
Gan Lin's ball of light disappeared, and Tang Yu'an couldn't help feeling distressed when he saw that there were more than 300 kilograms of fire stones in his portable warehouse.
"There are more and more fire stones, and it seems like they will never run out."
The heat of a fire stone can last for at least one to two months. Currently, the demand for fire stones in the deserted city home has been saturated.
There are only 18 households in Haijing. Even if there is demand, 20 pills would probably be enough.
"This fire stone has a high temperature and is difficult to store. It can only be placed in a portable warehouse." Tang Yu'an said.
Otherwise, on the one hand, heat will be lost in vain, and on the other hand, fire is likely to occur, so it is not advisable to place it anywhere other than a portable warehouse.
Zhou Qi thought for a moment and said, "Let's take it to Jufeng Town to have a look tomorrow."
“Will you sell it to the residents?”
"Take it to the guard post and ask first."
After all, most residents lived in caves, which were managed by the garrisons, and the garrisons were responsible for firewood and other things.
However, the temperature of the fire stone is so high that it is not easy to sell it to residents alone.
"Then ask Captain Black Bear tomorrow." Hongli was in seclusion, so now he could only talk to Black Bear.
Afterwards, Tang Yu'an opened the employee code of conduct interface and added all the rules mentioned earlier back into it.
He can't control everyone, but he can control his employees!
A gentleman loves money, but he gets it in a proper way!
After adding it successfully, he fished out another message in a bottle from the sea of dreams.
Soon Xiao Risheng's voice sounded in the attic.
"Mysterious Merchant! Mysterious Merchant! I want to exchange my potion!"
The child's voice sounded anxious.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi were stunned. Could it be that something happened to the Blue Hu mother tree again?
"I'm here." Tang Yu'an said.
"Mysterious Merchant, I need to exchange the potion!" Xiao Risheng said anxiously, "It's...it's...that kind of potion!"
The child's words were unclear, but because of Chi Hao, Tang Yu'an knew he was talking about the healing potion.
But didn’t he give it to Lan Yunqing as a performance target reward?
No, that's not right.
Tang Yu'an suddenly remembered that performance target rewards were settled and paid out together with monthly salary, so the blue beard mother tree had problems again and couldn't even wait 20 days?
"Calm down first." Tang Yu'an said softly, "Did something happen?"
Xiao Risheng took a deep breath and slowly calmed down. The dream light ball that was on the verge of collapse also gradually stabilized.
Then the child replied, "The lord said to exchange leaves for medicine."
"Did he say why?"
"No... He said he could do anything as long as you agreed..."
It was estimated that only a few people knew that the mother tree of the Blue Hu tree was sick, and Xiao Risheng was young and it was easy for him to let the secret slip, so Lan Yunqing did not tell him the truth.
"Yes, I can trade with you."
Tang Yu'an didn't ask about the specific terms of the transaction. After all, a bottle of intermediate healing potion only cost 400 points.
Lanhu Town can bring him 160,000 points in seven days. No matter what, he must protect the Lanhu mother tree and maintain the stability of the Lanhu Town market.
"Great! Thank you!" Xiao Risheng cheered. "The lord will definitely be very happy!"
As the light ball of Little Sunrise shattered, a system prompt popped up—
You completed a profitable trade with a Dream Wisher, gaining +119,600 points, +6 experience points, and +6 dream fragments.
You obtained 3,000 dried blue beard leaves.
Tang Yuan: 0.0
A bottle of intermediate healing potion sold for 119,000 points and 3,000 blue beard leaves! His point balance suddenly returned to over 420,000!
"The lord is so generous!" Tang Yu'an cheered.
Zhou Qi also smiled. "He probably has no other choice. After all, his only way to communicate with us is Xiao Risheng."
Little Risheng was only a few years old. It was already good enough that he could remember the details of the transaction. Lan Yunqing probably didn't even dare to think about expecting him to bargain with the mysterious merchant.
However, after the joy, Tang Yu'an couldn't help showing a look of worry.
"I don't know what's happening with the mother blue beard tree," he said. "It's only been over a week, and the situation has already worsened?"
"After all, the healing potion only restores its vitality and heals its body damaged by the disease, but it doesn't eliminate the cause of the disease."
Zhou Qi analyzed, "The healing potion can only help slow down its decline. It only treats the symptoms, not the root cause."
Lan Yunqing was likely going to be in a state of panic again. He didn't know if this would affect his daily transactions with the townspeople...
The information they obtained from Xiao Risheng was limited, and the help they could provide to Lanhu Town was also limited.
Tang Yu'an listened to his words, and suddenly thought of something, and said: "Why don't we go to Lanhu Town!"
Zhou Qi was stunned. "What?"
"We can fly now, and the road to Lanhu Town shouldn't be any more dangerous than the forest in the other dimension, right?"
There are far more giant creatures in the Giant Forest than in this world, and almost every inch of land is dangerous enough to be fatal.
They have gone through many tests in that dimension and are no longer as weak as when they first came to this world.
"The road is blocked by floods." Zhou Qi frowned.
Although they can fly, they can only fly continuously for a maximum of one hour and need to stop to rest after one hour.
Because of the flood, the area from Huangcheng to Lanhu Town turned into an ocean. Even if they could fly, they could not fly from Huangcheng to Lanhu Town within an hour.
As for buying a boat...
They have no experience in driving a ship, and ships with automatic driving systems are too expensive for them to afford for the time being.
So if they want to go to Lanhu Town now, it will be very difficult.
Tang Yu'an, however, had a different opinion.
"We won't take Brother Chi Hao's route, we'll go directly over Jufeng Mountain!" he said excitedly.
Lanhu Town is just to the north of Jufeng Mountain, and he had heard Mo Ke say before that he went to Lanhu Town by crossing the mountains, proving that there are no insurmountable natural barriers on this road.
Zhou Qi also remembered Mo Ke. He had learned hunting from Grandpa Li and they met him on the way to Jufeng Town for the first time.
He agreed with Tang Yu'an's idea, but still asked, "Is the map open?"
Tang Yu'an shook his head.
During this period, no one crossed the Jufeng Mountain to Lanhu Town, and the road between them was still shrouded in fog.
When he thought Zhou Qi was not going to Lanhu Town, he heard him ask, "Is Mo Ke in Jufeng Town?"
Tang Yu'an was delighted and quickly glanced at the map.
"He's at his base in Jufeng Mountain and hasn't come to town."
"Okay, then we'll go find him tomorrow." Zhou Qi said, "It's safer to ask him to lead the way."
"good!"
Tang Yu'an cheered and looked forward to the upcoming journey to Lanhu Town.
Then he stood up and went to pick up the bottles drifting in the sea of dreams. This time he did not pick up the bottles with brighter light, but stretched out his arm and grabbed the bottle farthest from the window.
He opened the cork and watched the ball of light float above the attic, praying that the wisher would be stronger this time and not have his dream shattered as soon as he spoke.
“Cold… so cold…”
A trembling female voice sounded, "I want to be warmer... warmer..."
Tang Yu'an blinked and looked at Zhou Qi with some surprise. It seemed that their Fire Stone had a new sales channel!
He looked at the ball of light and spoke cautiously, "Hello."
"Who? Who's talking?"
The woman's voice became panicked, but at least she managed to maintain the dream light ball and did not interrupt the conversation.
"You can call me the mysterious businessman." Tang Yu'an said, "As long as you are willing to pay a certain amount of compensation, I can fulfill your wish."
"God, the mysterious merchant?" the woman asked in surprise. "Can you really fulfill my wish?"
"Yes." Tang Yu'an said, "I just heard you say that you want to be warmer?"
"Yes, I want to be warmer and live a few more days, at least until my daughter comes back so I can see her one last time..."
Listening to the woman's pessimistic words, Tang Yu'an was a little surprised. Was she about to freeze to death?
"I can give you a stone called Fire Stone. It can emit heat continuously, and you will feel warm."
"Really?" the woman laughed. "That's great!"
"Besides wanting to be warm, don't you want anything else?" Tang Yu'an asked, "like food?"
The woman was stunned. "Is it possible?"
"Of course." Tang Yu'an continued, "But what kind of compensation can you offer me?"
"Reward... Take whatever you want from my house..."
The woman's words were obviously lacking in confidence.
"What do you have at home?" Tang Yu'an asked patiently.
"Most of them are old things left by my parents, and they are several decades old..." the woman said hesitantly.
Apparently she didn't think these antiques could be exchanged for food and precious heat sources.
However, her words made Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi's eyes light up.
This is something passed down from my parents... something decades old... when all this information is put together, isn't it...
"Do you live in the fortress?" Tang Yu'an asked.
Based on what they learned after coming to this world, they really couldn't think of any other place except the fortress.
Of course, there were also situations like Lanhu Town, but they felt that such places should be scarce in the wasteland.
Soon the woman gave them the answer: "Yes, I live in the fortress."
Finally contacted someone in the fortress!
"Which fortress are you in?" Tang Yu'an asked quickly.
"Ice Flame, I'm in Ice Flame Castle..." the woman replied.
Wow!
I've heard Grandpa Li talk about this place before! Ice Rock Castle, that sounds really cold.
But will there be a shortage of food and clothing in the fortress?
Why does the situation of this wisher sound so miserable?
Considering that the woman said she was about to freeze to death, Tang Yu'an did not dare to neglect it. After thinking for a while, he said, "Do you have any ice at home?"
Since it's an ice castle, there must be a lot of ice, right?
If she traded the ice, would her house be warmer?
"There wasn't much ice at home, but it had snowed during the day, so there was quite a bit of ice and snow on the roof and in the yard."
The woman said hesitantly, "But these...are they okay?"
"Yes, that's fine." Tang Yu'an responded, "Use all the ice and snow in your yard to exchange for food and fire stones."
In order to prevent the goods from the transaction from running onto her roof, Tang Yu'an only asked for the ice and snow in her yard.
"Okay, thank you!"
So Tang Yu'an took two fire stones, wrapped them in tin foil, and took out 10 kilograms of soybeans from the warehouse.
"By the way, what's your name?"
"My name is Wen Qian."
Tang Yu'an nodded. "Your food and the Fire Stone will appear in the yard. The food I'm giving you this time is soybeans, which need to be cooked with water before eating."
"Okay... okay..." Wen Qian responded hesitantly.
When Tang Yu'an completed the transaction with her, her dream ball of light also shattered.
Originally, Tang Yu'an thought this would be a loss-making deal. He made this deal mainly to light up the location of the Ice Rock Castle on the map. However...
You completed a profitable trade with a Dream Wisher, earning +7180 points, +6 experience points, and +1 dream fragment.
[You received 75 cubic meters of ice and snow. Please select the delivery address...]
Because the portable warehouse is no longer able to hold any more space, the delivery addresses that appear are all grocery store warehouses located in this plane.
Tang Yu'an felt a little strange, "Ice and snow actually have value?"
"Of course." Zhou Qi said, "When these ice and snow melt, they become water. Water is very precious."
According to general density calculations, after the ice and snow melt, there should be 7.5 cubic meters of water. 1 cubic meter = 1000 liters = 1000 points.
Therefore, the snow in Wen Qian's yard is worth about 7,500 points, which is about the same after deducting the cost.
"Wow! That feels so good!"
When the flood is over, they will have a new source of water!
Therefore, Tang Yu'an chose the reservoir outside the swimming pool as the delivery address, which was just enough to fill the gap of 10 cubic meters of water for Cosona.
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Ice Flame Castle.
This is a fortress full of cold colors. On the land outside the fortress, you can see ice-blue flowers blooming.
The flowers swayed gracefully in the cold wind, their petals ethereal and dancing like flames.
However, it did not bring a bit of warmth to the land. Instead, it condensed and released ice energy as it swayed, and was blown away by the wind.
The silhouette of the ice and snow monster walked on the ice field and finally came to the bottom of the fortress.
The outer walls of the fortress were already scarred and on the verge of collapse under the bombardment of the giant beast, but in the end, the giant beast was driven away by the concentrated strength of the guards on top of the fortress.
"When will this awful weather get warmer?"
The guard stood on the city wall with his hands in his pockets, watching the people below the wall sweeping the snow. In the greenhouse farther away, people with special abilities were trying their best to block out the ice energy.
In the residential areas farther away, every house had its doors closed and the snow covered the houses.
If someone walked around, they would find that the yard of one of the houses was surprisingly clean, without a single snowflake.
At this moment, the door of the hut suddenly opened.
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